Session 166:
What Subjective Health Status Does and Doesn't Measure
Chair: Ryan D. Edwards, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY)
Discussant: Patrick M. Krueger, University of Texas at Houston
What Do Retrospective Subjective Reports of Childhood Health Capture? Evidence from the WLS and the PSID Steven A. Haas, Arizona State University ; Nicholas J. Bishop, Arizona State University
Measuring Health Status: An Examination of Self-, Interviewer- and Physician-Assessments of Overall Health Kimberly V. Smith, Princeton University
A Comparative Analysis of Self-Rated General Health in Three Developing Countries Yaqiang Qi, Renmin University of China ; Peifeng Hu, University of California, Los Angeles ; William M. Mason, University of California, Los Angeles
Self-Rated Health: Is Happiness the Missing Link? Andrew Noymer, University of California, Irvine ; Leah Ruppanner, University of California, Irvine
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